Christopher T. Cigarran Named President of Imagine Health

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah, Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine Health, the nation's leading independent creator of top-performing healthcare provider teams that typically save large employers more than 20 percent in healthcare benefit costs, today announced that Christopher (Chris) T. Cigarran has joined the organization as its new president.

The highly respected and accomplished healthcare leader will use his proven experience across sales, finance, operations and human resource (HR) management to help the company grow its SmartCare teams in existing markets while helping the company expand into new markets.

"I chose to join Imagine Health because of what Allison Robbins and the team at Imagine Health have created," Cigarran said. "They have built and deployed a timely and innovative business model that is uniquely positioned to transform both the quality and cost of healthcare in a dramatic way. The measurable positive impact that Imagine Health has on employers, providers, and individuals made my choice to join the Imagine team an easy one. I am thrilled to help navigate the company through what I anticipate will be a period of explosive growth as more employers take advantage of what we offer."

Cigarran brings a wealth of relevant experience to Imagine Health, including 13 years in various leadership roles at Nashville, Tenn.-based Healthways, the nation's leading provider of disease management and well-being services. Most recently he served four years as president of the employer and government division. Before taking on this role, he spent five years as the company's chief human resources officer, where he built a team responsible for the people, processes and HR strategy required to support the rapid growth of a public company. In this role he helped the organization win several national awards including being included on Fortune's Best Places to Work list as well as multiple recognitions from the National Business Group on Health.

Cigarran also spent several years as a consultant working with multiple large U.S. and Canadian companies.

"We are excited to add a healthcare executive of Chris' caliber to our already strong team," said Allison Robbins, founder, chairman and CEO of Imagine Health. "His leadership experience and background in developing a high-performing company culture will be invaluable in keeping us on track and true to our core values as we grow. We welcome Chris and look forward to an exciting and successful future with his leadership."

Imagine Health leverages sophisticated data analytics and the purchasing power of its large-employer clients to negotiate discounted reimbursement rates with top-performing providers in exchange for incremental volume. The quality and efficiency improvements from the selected top-tier providers typically exceed 20 percent.

The company recently closed $21 million in Series A funding, its first outside funding, which it plans to use to expand its transformative approach to healthcare delivery into new markets, including immediate development activities in Phoenix, San Francisco and Atlanta. Imagine Health currently has high-performance networks—known as SmartCare—in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Boise comprising more than 22,000 healthcare providers and 350,000 members.

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About Imagine Health
Since 2009, Imagine Health has been transforming healthcare by matching employers that have large concentrations of employees in a single geographic area with custom-built teams of the highest-performing providers. This approach, which the company calls SmartCare, is enabling Fortune 100 and other large organizations to save 20 percent or more on the cost of providing health benefits to their employees while ensuring more personalized service that delivers better care and outcomes. Employers can select from one of Imagine Health's existing provider teams or have one custom-built. SmartCare is currently available in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Boise, with plans to expand nationwide. For more information, contact Scott Robinson at [email protected] or visit www.imaginehealth.com.

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